NATIVE PLANT SOCIETY OF BRITISH COLUMBIA - 1998 ANNUAL MEETING
On Saturday, May 23rd, 1998, the NPSBC - Native Plants Society
of British Columbia wild hold its second Annual General Meeting
at the Penticton Trade and Convention Centre in Penticton,
British Columbia (273 Power Street). The mornings session
(registration: 8:00 a.m., meeting 9:00 a.m.) will introduce two
new projects of the Society: an "Atlas of British Columbia
Flora" and "Ethical Use Principles and Guidelines"; a general
business meeting at which new directors will be elected takes
place during afternoon session. In The ANNUAL DINNER of the
Society on Saturday evening (7:00 p.m.) will feature Dr. Roy
Taylor, speaking on "California Native Plant Initiatives - A
Model for British Columbia." Following the meeting, on Sunday
May 24th, the Society will host a number of field trips focusing
on native plant habitats of the Southern Interior.
Fees:
Meeting (includes lunch): $30/person ($15/student)
Dinner: $30/person (people who decide to skip the dinner can
come for Dr. Taylor's talk that starts at 8:00 p.m.)
Please, register early (we have to order lunches and dinners),
if possible, by May 15, 1998.
Send you registrations to:
NPSBC
14275 - 96 th Avenue
Surrey, B.C. V3V 7Z2
For more information contact the Society office in Vancouver at
604-255-5719 or by e-mail: npsbc@hotmail.com
KWAKWAKA'WAKW USE OF PLANTS AND ANIMALS - BOOK ANNOUNCEMENT
From: "Brian D. Compton"
The Living World: Plants and Animals of the Kwakwaka'wakw. By
the U'mista Cultural Society, Juanita Pasco and Brian D.
Compton. 1998. Published by the U'mista Cultural Society,
Alert Bay, British Columbia. 96 p. ISBN 0-9683357-0-5 [soft
cover] Price: $29.95 ($21.95 for educational institutions).
Available from the U'mista Cultural Centre (Phone 250-974-
5403, Fax 250-974-5499, E-mail giftshop@island.net)
This book is based on a portion of the results of the
Kwakwaka'wakw Ethnobiology Project, a program of research con-
ducted under the aegis of the U'mista Cultural Society from
early 1995 until late 1996 with Brian D. Compton contributing as
principal investigator. More than 100 Kwakwaka'wakw elders
representing each of the main modern Kwakwaka'wakw communities
contributed to this project. The book includes colour
photographs, descriptions, nomenclature (Kwakw'ala, English and
Latin) and accounts of the traditional cultural roles within
Kwakwaka'wakw culture for 40 botanical species and 61 zoological
species. Many of these species are reported here in connection
with the Kwakwaka'wakw culture for the first time, while some
others involve corrections to the historical record. The species
that are included were chosen to broadly represent the different
types of living organisms of significance to the Kwakwaka'wakw,
and to reflect elements of ethnolinguistic diversity within the
Kwakwaka'wakw community.
WEB SOURCES ON DENDROCHRONOLOGY AND TREE RINGS
From: Nick Ananin originally posted
on FOREST
1. International Tree-Ring Database Forum - researchers from
around the world
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scribed submit your question by e-mail to
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2. "Tree-ring" FAQ - Dendrochronology
http://aqua.civag.unimelb.edu.au/~argent/treefaq.htm
3. ANYTHING to do with tree rings
http://tree.ltrr.arizona.edu/~grissino/treering.htm
For more information contact:
Nick Ananin at Vision Forestry, Aberdeen, Scotland
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